Historical Birthday
19 Mar 1434
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu Japanese shogun (d. 1443)
19 Mar 1488
Johannes Magnus last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (d. 1544)
19 Mar 1503
Benedetto Varchi Italian humanisthistorian (Storia Fiorentina)
19 Mar 1601
Alonzo Cano Spanish paintersculptor (Cathedral Granada)
19 Mar 1673
Pedro Vaz Rego Portuguese composer and poet born in Campo Maior Portugal (d. 1736)
19 Mar 1684
Jean Astruc French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
19 Mar 1728
Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish (court)painter
19 Mar 1734
Thomas McKean US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or Apr 19]
19 Mar 1739
Charles-Franois Lebrun duc de Plaisance Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
19 Mar 1740
Joseph F Weigl GermanAustrian() violin cellist
19 Mar 1777
Anton R Falck Dutch minister of Educationdiplomat
19 Mar 1817
Lewis Henry Little Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1862)
19 Mar 1819
David Henry Williams American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Allegheny County Pennsylvania (d. 1891)
19 Mar 1821
Francis Barretto Spinola American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Old Field New York (d. 1891)
19 Mar 1821
William Allingham Ballyshannon County Donegal Irish poet (The Fairies Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland)
19 Mar 1823
Cornelis A van Sypesteyn Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82)
19 Mar 1827
Alexander Shaler American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Haddam Connecticut (d. 1911)
19 Mar 1829
Carl Frederik Tietgen Danish financier and industrialist (d. 1901)
19 Mar 1837
Robert Daniel Johnston Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1919)
19 Mar 1844
Minna Canth Finland playwright (The Pastors Family) and social activist
19 Mar 1845
Willem H de Beaufort Dutch historianpolitician
19 Mar 1849
Alfred von Tirpitz German World War I Admiral (d. 1930)
19 Mar 1851
Roque Saenz Pena President of Argentina (1910-14)
19 Mar 1851
William Henry Stark American business leader (d. 1936)
19 Mar 1864
Charles Marion Russell American artist (d. 1926)
19 Mar 1865
William Morton Wheeler American entomologist myrmecologist pioneer in ethology (d. 1937)
19 Mar 1871
Joseph McGinnity baseball pitcher (NY Giants) born in Rock Island Illinois
19 Mar 1871
Schofield Haigh cricketer (Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11)
19 Mar 1872
Sergei Diaghilev Gruzino Novgorod Russia ballet director
19 Mar 1872
Anna Held Polish-born French actress and singer (A Parisian Model) born in Warsaw (d. 1918)
19 Mar 1873
Max Reger German composer pianist and professor (Leipzig Univ) born in Brand Bavarian Empire (d. 1916)
19 Mar 1873
Arthur Hoyt American actor and director (Gold Dust Gertie Goldie Get Along) born in Georgetown Colorado (d. 1953)
19 Mar 1879
Joseph Haas German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
19 Mar 1882
Gaston Lachaise American sculptor (Standing Woman) born in Paris France (d. 1935)
19 Mar 1888
Josef Albers GermanUS graphic artistpainterwriter (Bauhaus)
19 Mar 1892
Siegfried T Bok neurobiologistanatomist (Cybernetica)
19 Mar 1894
Jackie Moms Mabley Brevard SC comedienne (Merv Griffin Show)
19 Mar 1897
Betty Compson American actress (Big City Docks Of New York) born in Beaver Utah (d. 1974)
19 Mar 1897
Liam OFlaherty Irish writer born in Inishmore Aran Islands (d. 1984)
19 Mar 1900
[Jean] Frederic Joliot-Curie French physicist (Nobel 1935)
19 Mar 1901
Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954)
19 Mar 1901
Jo Mielziner set designer (Carousel Death of a Salesman) born in Paris France
19 Mar 1903
Benjamin M Telders president of Dutch Liberal States Party
19 Mar 1904
Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern Polish composer and cultural attache born in Lviv Poland (d. 1957)
19 Mar 1907
Kent Smith American actor (Peyton Place Invaders) born in NYC New York (d. 1985)
19 Mar 1907
Nakagawa Soen Formosa Zen teacher (Rinzai line)
19 Mar 1909
Louis Hayward British-American actor (Lone Wolf Survivors) born in Johannesburg South Africa (d. 1985)
19 Mar 1909
Attilio Demaria Argentinian footballer (d. 1990)
19 Mar 1910
Joseph F. Carroll US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director Defense Intelligence Agency (d. 1991)
19 Mar 1912
Russ Case Hamburg Iowa orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show)
19 Mar 1913
William Chatterton cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892)
19 Mar 1914
Fred Clark American actor (Burns & Allen Auntie Mame Hazard) born in Lincoln California (d. 1968)
19 Mar 1914
J Jay Berwanger 1st Heisman Trophy winner (1935)
19 Mar 1914
Patricia Morison American actress (Peyton Place Dressed to Kill Kiss Me Kate The King and I) born in NYC New York
19 Mar 1914
Leonidas Alaoglu Greek-Canadian mathematician (d. 1981)
19 Mar 1915
Norman Yardley English cricket captain (late 40s)
19 Mar 1915
Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper of the 101st 502nd division (d. 1944)
19 Mar 1916
Irving Wallace author (Peoples Almanac The Man) [or Mar 18]
19 Mar 1917
Laszlo Szabo Hungarian chess player (d. 1998)
19 Mar 1919
Cornelis Berkhouwer Member of 2nd chamber (Dutch Liberal Party)
19 Mar 1919
Lennie Tristano American jazz pianist (The New Tristano) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1978)
19 Mar 1920
Tige Andrews American character actor (Mod Squad The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2007)
19 Mar 1921
Tommy Cooper British comedian and magician (d. 1984)
19 Mar 1924
Mary Wimbush British actress (Oh What a Lovely War The Archers) born in Kenton Middlesex England (d. 2005)
19 Mar 1925
Brent Scowcroft Lt Gen (USAF)National Security Council born in Ogden Utah
19 Mar 1928
Clive Van Ryneveld cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
19 Mar 1928
Patrick McGoohan American-born Irish actor writer and director (The Prisoner Secret Agent Danger Man) born in Queens New York (d. 2009)
19 Mar 1928
Alam Thomas Tom Paley American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers) born in NYC New York (d. 2017)
19 Mar 1930
Bill Henderson American jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2016)
19 Mar 1932
Gay Robert Brewer Middletwon OH PGA golfer (1972 Canadian)
19 Mar 1933
Philip Roth American novelist (Goodbye Columbus Portnoys Complaint) born in Newark New Jersey
19 Mar 1933
Renee Taylor [Wexler] American actress (Jack Paar Show Mary Hartman The Nanny) born in NYC New York
19 Mar 1935
Burt Metcalfe Saskatchewan Canada actordir (Father of the Bride)
19 Mar 1935
Phyllis Newman actress (Coming of Age TW3) born in Jersey City New Jersey
19 Mar 1936
Ursula Andress Swiss model actress and sex symbol (Dr. No Casino Royale She Sensuous Nurse) born in Ostermundigen Switzerland
19 Mar 1936
Ben Lexcen Australian yacht designer (Australia II 1983 Americas Cup) born in Boggabri Australia (d. 1988)
19 Mar 1937
Clarence Frogman Henry American pianist and singer (Aint Got No Home) born in New Orleans Louisiana
19 Mar 1937
Egon Krenz former East German folitician and last communist leader of East Germany (1989) born in Kolberg Nazi Germany
19 Mar 1939
Abbas Ali Baig cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
19 Mar 1939
Joe Kapp NFL quarterback (Minnesota Vikings Boston Patriots Houston Oilers)
19 Mar 1941
Lord Vestey British food magnatebillionaire (Union International)
19 Mar 1943
Mario J. Molina Mexican chemist and 1995 Nobel laureate (Antarctic ozone hole) born in Mexico City Mexico
19 Mar 1944
Myung-Wha Chung Seoul Korea cellist (Chung Trio)
19 Mar 1945
Lisa Nicole Baker American Playboy playmate (Nov 1966 Playmate of the Year 1967) born in Detroit Texas
19 Mar 1946
Mohammad Ilyas cricketer (Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69)
19 Mar 1946
Paul Atkinson British rock guitarist and record company executive (The Zombies-Never Even Thought) born in Cuffley Hertfordshire (d. 2004)
19 Mar 1946
Ruth Pointer singer (Pointer Sisters-Im So Exicted)
19 Mar 1947
Glenn Close American actress (The Big Chill Fatal Attraction) born in Greenwich Connecticut
19 Mar 1947
John Beckwith English real estate developermulti-millionaire
19 Mar 1947
Vince Martino WLAF offensive asst (Barcelona Dragons) born in Schenectady New York
19 Mar 1948
Vintcent Van der Bijl Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70s & 80s)
19 Mar 1949
Denny Albee American actor (Dr Janssen-One Life to Live) born in Oklahoma City Oklahoma
19 Mar 1951
Derek Longmuir Scottish rock drummer (Bay City Rollers) born in Edinburgh Scotland
19 Mar 1952
Warren Lees NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70s)
19 Mar 1953
Hans Rinn German DR 2 man lugist (Olympic gold 1976 80)
19 Mar 1953
Ricky Wilson rock guitarist (B-52s-Love Shack) born in Athens Georgia
19 Mar 1954
Indu Shahani Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai
19 Mar 1956
Yegor Gaidar Russian politician and economist.
19 Mar 1959
Terry Hall English musician (Specials Fun Boy 3) born in Coventry
19 Mar 1959
Shelley Burch actress (One Life to Live Identity Crisis) born in Tucson Arizona
19 Mar 1960
Roy Roberts American actor (Petticoat Junction Lucy Show) born in Tampa Florida (d. 1975)
19 Mar 1962
Ivan Caldern Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2003)
19 Mar 1962
Jim Korderas American professional wrestling referee
19 Mar 1964
Barbara Lynch American restaurateur (The Barbara Lynch Gruppo) born in Boston Massachusetts
19 Mar 1966
Paul Devenport New Zealand Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Texas Tour)
19 Mar 1966
James Big Jim Wright American record producer
19 Mar 1967
Vladimir Konstantinov Russian ice hockey player
19 Mar 1968
Liam Jewell kayaker (Olympics 1996) born in Toronto Ontario
19 Mar 1968
Tyrone Hill American NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers Milwaukee Bucks) born in Cincinnati Ohio
19 Mar 1969
Scott Alexander Brownlee New Zealand coxless rower (Olympics 1996) born in Hamilton New Zealand
19 Mar 1970
Janne Laukenen Lahti FIN NHL defenseman (Finland Olympic bronze 1998 Senators)
19 Mar 1970
Rick Mirer NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks Chicago Bears)
19 Mar 1971
Cory Fleming NFL wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
19 Mar 1971
Dalton James actor (My Father the Hero Mark-Beverly Hills 90201)
19 Mar 1971
Kirk Botkin NFL tight end (New Orleans Saints Pittsburgh Steelers)
19 Mar 1971
Louie Debrusk Cambridge NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
19 Mar 1734
Thomas McKean US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence) [or Apr 19]
19 Mar 1859
Edward J. McKeever American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1925)
19 Mar 1903
Jim Bullock English colliery manager unionist and pit reformist born in Bowers Row England (d.
19 Mar 1914
Jay Berwanger American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (1st Heisman Trophy winner 1935 Chicago) born in Dubuque Iowa (d. 2002)
19 Mar 1915
Norman Yardley English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948) born in Barnsley Yorkshire (d. 1989)
19 Mar 1923
Bobby Brown Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps Rangers Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone Scottish national team 1967-71) born in Dunipace Scotland (d. 2020)
19 Mar 1932
Gay Brewer American golfer (US Masters 1967) born in Middletown Ohio (d. 2007)
19 Mar 1958
Andy Reid American NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles 19992012 Kansas City Chiefs 201320) born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1971
Marty Moore NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
19 Mar 1971
Taase Faumui NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
19 Mar 1971
Whitney Hedgepeth 100m200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996)
19 Mar 1847
Constantin Dimitrescu Romanian composer (Dans nnesc) born in Blejoi Romania (d. 1928)
19 Mar 1883
Sir Walter Norman Haworth British chemist (Nobel Prize 1937) born at Chorley Lancashire England (d. 1950)
19 Mar 1917
Constantin Dinu Lipatti Romanian classical pianist and composer born in Bucharest Kingdom of Romania (d. 1950)
19 Mar 1921
Robert McFerrin Sr. American operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1955-58 singing voice for Sidney Poitier in film Porgy and Bess) born in Marianna Arkansas (d. 2006) [1]
19 Mar 1933
Renee Taylor [Wexler] American actress (Jack Paar Show The Nanny - Sylvia) born in NYC New York
19 Mar 1939
Peter Thorburn MNZM New Zealand rugby union coach (North Harbour NZ sevens Bristol RFC United States) born in Auckland New Zealand (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1943
Mario Molina Mexican chemist 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (CFCs effect on the ozone layer) born in Mexico City Mexico (d. 2020)
19 Mar 1946
Paul Atkinson British rock guitarist and record company executive (The Zombies - Shes Not There Time Of The Season) born in Cuffley Hertfordshire (d. 2004)
19 Mar 1946
Ruth Pointer American singer-songwriter (Pointer Sisters-Im So Excited) born in Oakland California
19 Mar 1960
Eliane Elias Brazilian jazz pianist singer composer and arranger (Dreamer Around The City) born in So Paulo Brazil
19 Mar 1962
Ivan Caldern Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991 Chicago White Sox Montreal Expos) born in Fajardo Puerto Rico (d. 2003)
19 Mar 1971
Dalton James American actor (My Father The Hero Beverly Hills 90201 - Mark) born in Sacramento California
19 Mar 1971
Louie Debrusk Canadian NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers and three other teams) born in Cambridge Ontario
19 Mar 1668
Francesco Gasparini Italian baroque composer (Ambleto Missa Canonica) born in Camaiore Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1727)
19 Mar 1715
Charles-Joseph van Helmont South Netherlands organist and composer born in Belgium (d. 1790)
19 Mar 1849
Alfred von Tirpitz German architect of the Imperial Navy (Tirpitz Plan Unrestricted U-boat Warfare) and World War I Grand Admiral born in Kstrin Province of Brandenburg Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1930)
19 Mar 1872
Sergei Diaghilev Russian ballet director (founder of the Ballets Russes) born in Gruzino Novgorod Russia (d. 1929)
19 Mar 1873
Max Reger German concert pianist organist composer (Hebbel Requiem) and professor (Royal Conservatory - Leipzig 1907-16) born in Brand Bavarian Empire (d. 1916)
19 Mar 1879
Joseph Haas German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich Totenmesse) born in Maihingen Bavaria German Empire (d. 1960)
19 Mar 1892
James Van Fleet American US Army General (served during WWI WWII and Korean War) born in Fort Lee New Jersey (d. 1992)
19 Mar 1912
Russ Case America orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show) born in Hamburg Iowa
19 Mar 1912
Lavere Buster Harding Canadian-American jazz pianist composer and arranger (Count Basie Dizzy Gillespie Billie Holiday) born in North Buxton Ontario (d. 1965)
19 Mar 1914
James Buster Bennett American blues saxophonist and blues shouter born in Pensacola Florida (d. 1980)
19 Mar 1921
Harry Babasin American jazz bassist and cellist (Dodo Marmarosa Trio) and archivist (Los Angeles Theaseum) born in Dallas Texas (d. 1988)
19 Mar 1928
(Allan Thomas) Tom Paley American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers) born in NYC New York (d. 2017)
19 Mar 1928
Clarence Paul [Pauling] American songwriter and record producer (Motown Stevie Wonder - Fingertips) born in Winston-Salem North Carolina (d. 1995)
19 Mar 1929
Jim Phelan American college basketball coach (Mount Saint Marys University 19542003) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1930
Bill Henderson American jazz singer (Seor Blues) and actor (Dreams - Torpedo) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2016)
19 Mar 1936
Birthe Wilke Danish pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1957 & 1959) born in Vesterbro Denmark
19 Mar 1942
Jeff Neighbour American rock bassist (Joy of Cooking)
19 Mar 1944
Myung-Wha Chung Korean concert cellist (Chung Trio) and educator born in Seoul Japanese Korea (now South Korea)
19 Mar 1944
Tom Constanten American rock keyboardist (Grateful Dead 1968-70 - Aoxomoxoa) born in Long Branch New Jersey
19 Mar 1946
Ruth Pointer American singer-songwriter (Pointer Sisters - Im So Excited) born in Oakland California
19 Mar 1948
Peep Lassmann Estonian concert pianist and educator (Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre 1992-present) born in Tartu Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Estonia)
19 Mar 1951
Derek Longmuir Scottish rock drummer (Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night) born in Edinburgh Scotland
19 Mar 1953
Billy Sheehan American rock bassist (Talas Mr Big - To Be With You David Lee Roth) born in Buffalo New York
19 Mar 1953
Ricky Wilson American rock guitarist (B-52s - Rock Lobster Love Shack) born in Athens Georgia
19 Mar 1959
Terry Hall British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials Fun Boy Three Vegas) born in Coventry England
19 Mar 1964
Yoko Kanno Japanese keyboard and accordion player arranger jazz pop music (Seatbelts) and soundtrack composer (Cowboy Bebop) born in Sendai Japan
19 Mar 1966
James Big Jim Wright American Grammy and Dove Award-winning keyboardist composer arranger and record producer (Sound of Blackness Mariah Carey) born in Rockford Illinois (d. 2018)
19 Mar 1503
Benedetto Varchi Italian humanist and historian (Storia Fiorentina) born in Florence (d. 1565)
19 Mar 1593
Georges de la Tour French painter of candlelit scenes born in Vic-sur-Seille Duchy of Lorraine (d. 1652)
19 Mar 1601
Alonzo Cano Spanish painter and sculptor (Cathedral Granada) born in Granada Spain (d. 1667)
19 Mar 1604
Johan IV King of Portugal (1640-56) composer and musicologist born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viosa Vila Viosa Portugal (d. 1656)
19 Mar 1629
Alexis of Russia [Aleksei Mikhailovich] Second Romanov tsar of Russia (1645-76) born in Moscow Russia (d. 1676) [9 Mar OS
19 Mar 1721
Tobias Smollett Scottish writer surgeon and critic (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker) born in Dalquhurn Scotland (d. 1771) date baptized
19 Mar 1728
Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen Flemish court painter born in Aarschot (d. 1811)
19 Mar 1734
Thomas McKean American attorney and politician (signed US Declaration of Independence) born in New London Pennsylvania (d. 1817)
19 Mar 1740
Johann Georg Roser Austrian composer and kapellmeister born in Naarn im Machland Upper Austria (d. 1797)
19 Mar 1752
Jos Maurcio Portuguese organist and sacred music and modinha (love song) composer born in Coimbra Portugal (d. 1815)
19 Mar 1767
Leonhard von Call Austrian guitarist mandolin virtuoso and composer born in Eppan an der Weinstrae South Tyrol Holy Roman Empire (now Italy) (d. 1815)
19 Mar 1777
Anton Reinhard Falck Dutch statesman and diplomat (advisor to King William I) born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1843)
19 Mar 1785
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann French pianist music teacher and composer born in Paris France (d. 1853)
19 Mar 1809
Fredrik Pacius German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems) conductor and music educator known as the Father of Finnish music born in Hamburg Germany (d. 1891)
19 Mar 1816
Johannes Verhulst Dutch composer and conductor born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1891)
19 Mar 1821
William Allingham Irish poet (The Fairies Laurence Bloomfield in Ireland) born in Ballyshannon Ireland (d. 1889)
19 Mar 1823
Adelgunde of Bavaria German princess and wife of Duke of Modena born in Wrzburg Bavaria (d. 1914)
19 Mar 1823
Cornelis Ascanius van Sypesteyn Dutch governor of Surinam (1873-82) (d. 1892)
19 Mar 1844
Minna Canth Finnish playwright (The Pastors Family) and social activist born in Tampere Finland (d. 1897)
19 Mar 1845
Moorfield Storey American lawyer pacifist civil rights leader (co-founder of NAACP & president 1909-29) born in Roxbury Massachusetts (d. 1929)
19 Mar 1845
Willem H. de Beaufort Dutch historian and politician (d. 1918)
19 Mar 1851
Roque Saenz Pena Argentine politician and lawyer (President of Argentina 1910-14) born in Buenos Aires Argentina (d. 1914)
19 Mar 1871
Schofield Haigh English cricket fast bowler (11 Tests 24 wickets BB 611 Yorkshire CCC) born in Berry Brow Yorkshire England (d. 1921)
19 Mar 1883
Josef Matthias Hauer Austrian composer and music theorist born in Wiener Neustadt Austria (d. 1959)
19 Mar 1883
Joseph W. Stilwell American general (commanded U.S. forces in China Burma and India in WWII) born in Palatka Florida (d. 1946)
19 Mar 1888
Josef Albers German-American artist writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor Homage to the Square) born in Bottrop Germany (d. 1976)
19 Mar 1892
Robert Denzler Swiss conductor and composer (d. 1972)
19 Mar 1892
Siegfried T. Bok Dutch neurobiologist and anatomist (Cybernetica) (d. 1964)
19 Mar 1894
Jackie Moms Mabley American comedian and actress (The Merv Griffin Show) born in Brevard South Carolina (d. 1975)
19 Mar 1900
Jean Frdric Joliot-Curie French physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1935 for discovery of artificial radioactivity) born in Paris France (d. 1958)
19 Mar 1901
Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart Dutch politician (1954 Nobel Peace Prize as High Commissioner for Refugees of the UN) born in Bussum Netherlands (d. 1956)
19 Mar 1901
Jo Mielziner American set designer on Broadway (Carousel Death of a Salesman) born in Paris France (d. 1976)
19 Mar 1903
Benjamin Marius Telders Dutch lawyer who resisted German occupation in WWII born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1945)
19 Mar 1903
Jim Bullock English colliery manager unionist and mine pit reformist born in Bowers Row England (d. 1995) [1]
19 Mar 1906
Normand Lockwood American composer (The Closing Doxology The Hanging Judge) and educator born in New York City (d. 2002)
19 Mar 1907
Elizabeth Maconochy (LeFanu) Irish-English composer notably of string quartets and contemporary music promoter born in Broxbourne Hertfordshire England (d. 1994)
19 Mar 1907
Marc Vaubourgoin French composer conductor and musicologist born in Caudran France (d. 1983)
19 Mar 1907
Nakagawa Soen Taiwanese-born Japanese Zen master and teacher (Rinzai line)born in Formosa (d. 1984)
19 Mar 1910
Sergei Anokhin Soviet test pilot (world records for gliding flights born in Moscow Russia (d. 1986)
19 Mar 1911
Kenneth Robinson British politician (influential Minister of Health under Harold Wilson reformed Health Service) born in Warrington England (d. 1996)
19 Mar 1912
Adolf Galland German WWII flying ace and general (104 aerial victories for the Luftwaffe) born in Westerholt Germany (d. 1996)
19 Mar 1912
Russ Case American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show) born in Hamburg Iowa (d. 1964)
19 Mar 1915
Patricia Morison American actress (Peyton Place Dressed to Kill Kiss Me Kate The King and I) born in NYC New York (d. 2018)
19 Mar 1916
Irving Wallace American author (Peoples Almanac The Man) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1990)
19 Mar 1923
Henekh Henry Morgentaler Polish-Canadian gynecologist abortion rights advocate and Holocaust survivor born in d Poland (d. 2013)
19 Mar 1923
Janine Dacosta French classical pianist born on Bordeaux France (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1942
(Wilfred) Wilf Lunn British inventor TV personality (Vision On) and author born in Rastrick West Yorkshire England
19 Mar 1942
David Minge American judge and politician (Rep-D-Minnesota 1993-2001) born in Clarkfield Minnesota
19 Mar 1946
Paul Atkinson British rock guitarist (The Zombies - Shes Not There Time Of The Season) and record company executive born in Cuffley Hertfordshire (d. 2004)
19 Mar 1946
Ruth Pointer American pop and R&B singer-songwriter (The Pointer Sisters - Im So Excited) born in Oakland California
19 Mar 1952
Gerard Huerta American graphic designer and album cover artist (CBS Records - ACDC Boston Blue Oyster Cult Rupert Holmes) born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1959
Anthony Marinelli American session keyboardist and synthesizer player (Michael Jackson Sigue Sigue Sputnik) film television and advertising composer born in Burbank California
19 Mar 1959
Terry Hall British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials Fun Boy Three Vegas) born in Coventry England (d. 2022)
19 Mar 1964
Sergey Dmitriyev Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR Zenit Saint Petersburg CSKA Moscow) born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 2022)
19 Mar 1966
Michael Urbano American session and gouring drummer (John Hiatt Smash Mouth Ligabue) born in Sacramento California
19 Mar 1969
Gary Jules American singer and songwriter born in Fresno California
19 Mar 1629
Alexis [Alexei Mikhailovich] Tsar of All Russia (1645-76) born in Moscow Russia (d. 1676)
19 Mar 1668
Francesco Gasparini Italian baroque composer (Ambleto Missa Canonica) born in Camaiore Republic of Lucca (d. 1727)
19 Mar 1715
Charles-Joseph van Helmont South Netherlands organist and composer born in Belgium Austrian Netherlands (d. 1790)
19 Mar 1742
Tpac Amaru II Peruvian-Indian revolutionary a descendant of the last Inca ruler Tpac Amaru Surimana Province of Cusco Viceroyalty of Peru (d. 1781)
19 Mar 1767
Leonhard von Call Austrian guitarist mandolin virtuoso and composer born in Eppan an der Weinstrae South Tyrol Holy Roman Empire (d. 1815)
19 Mar 1778
Edward Pakenham Anglo-Irish politician and British army general born in Pakenham Hall County Westmeath Ireland (d. 1815)
19 Mar 1823
Adelgunde of Bavaria German princess and wife of Duke of Modena born in Wrzburg Bavaria (d. 1914)
19 Mar 1829
Carl Frederik Tietgen Danish financier and industrialist born in Odense Denmark (d. 1901)
19 Mar 1851
William Henry Stark American business leader born in St. Augustine Texas (d. 1936)
19 Mar 1861
Lomer Gouin Canadian politician (Premier of Quebec 1905-20) born in Saint-Charles-des-Grondines Canada East (d. 1929)
19 Mar 1864
Charles Marion Russell American artist born in St. Louis Missouri (d. 1926)
19 Mar 1873
Max Reger German concert pianist organist composer (Hebbel Requiem) and professor (Royal Conservatory - Leipzig 1907-16) born in Brand Kingdom of Bavarian German Empire (d. 1916)
19 Mar 1879
Joseph Haas German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich Totenmesse) born in Maihingen Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire (d. 1960)
19 Mar 1883
Norman Haworth British chemist (Nobel Prize 1937) born at Chorley Lancashire England (d. 1950)
19 Mar 1892
Robert Denzler Swiss concert pianist conductor champion of contemporary music and composer born in Zurich Switzerland (d. 1972)
19 Mar 1907
Kent Smith American actor (Peyton Place Invaders) born in New York City (d. 1985)
19 Mar 1907
Nakagawa Soen Taiwanese-born Japanese Zen master and teacher (Rinzai line) born in Formosa (d. 1984)
19 Mar 1910
Joseph F. Carroll American US Air Force Lt. Gen. and Founding Director Defense Intelligence Agency born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1991)
19 Mar 1915
Patricia Morison American actress (Peyton Place Dressed to Kill Kiss Me Kate The King and I) born in New York City (d. 2018)
19 Mar 1916
Eric Christmas British-Canadian character actor (Porkys film) born in London England (d. 2000)
19 Mar 1923
Janine Dacosta French classical pianist born in Bordeaux France (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1923
Pamela Britton American stage and screen actress (D.O.A. Blondie My Favorite Martian - Mrs. Brown) born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 1974)
19 Mar 1925
Brent Scowcroft American Air Force officer and National Security advisor born in Ogden Utah (d. 2020)
19 Mar 1928
(Allan Thomas) Tom Paley American folk musician (New Lost City Ramblers) born in New York City (d. 2017)
19 Mar 1928
Hans Kng Swiss theologian born in Sirsee Switzerland (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1929
Herman van San Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer born in Mechelen Belgium (d. 1975)
19 Mar 1929
Robert Muczynski American classical pianist composer (Time Pieces) and educator born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2010)
19 Mar 1933
Renee Taylor [Wexler] American actress (Jack Paar Show The Nanny - Sylvia) born in New York City
19 Mar 1936
Amancio DSilva Goan-Indian jazz guitarist and composer born in Bombay British India (d. 1996)
19 Mar 1937
Carlo Mazzone Italian soccer manager (Ascoli Fiorentina Roma Napoli Bologna Cagliari) and centre-back (AS Roma SPAL Ascoli) born in Rome Italy (d. 2023)
19 Mar 1937
Clarence Frogman Henry American R&B pianist and singer (Aint Got No Home (I Dont Know Why) But I Do) born in New Orleans Louisiana
19 Mar 1939
Joe Kapp American College Canadian Football HOF quarterback (UC Berkeley NFL Cship & Pro Bowl 1969 Minnesota Vikings CFL Grey Cup 1964 BC Lions CFL All-Star 1963 64) born in Santa Fe New Mexico (d. 2023)
19 Mar 1942
Jeff Neighbour American rock bassist and ukulele player (Joy of Cooking) born in Mason City Washington
19 Mar 1942
Robin Luke American rockabilly singer (Susie Darlin) and later college professor born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1943
Mario Molina Mexican chemist 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry (CFCs effect on the ozone layer) born in Mexico City (d. 2020)
19 Mar 1944
Joseph Celli American experimental composer oboist and international reed player (Korean hojok and piri Indian mukha vina Japanese hickirick) born in Bridgeport Connecticut
19 Mar 1947
Earlie Fires American jockey (Hialeah Park) born in Rivervale Arkansas
19 Mar 1947
Marinho Peres Brazilian soccer defender & captain (15 caps Portuguesa Santos FC Barcelona Inter Milan Galcia) and manager (Botafogo El Salvador Belenenses Sporting Santos) born in Sorocaba So Paulo Brazil (d. 2023)
19 Mar 1950
Curtis Fowlkes American jazz and session trombonist singer and band leader (The Jazz Passengers Lounge Lizards) born in NYC (d. 2023)
19 Mar 1958
Andy Reid American football coach (Philadelphia Eagles 19992012 Super Bowl 2020 23 Kansas City Chiefs) born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1604
John IV (also known as Joo o Restaurador) King of Portugal (1640-56) composer and musicologist born at Ducal Palace of Vila Viosa Vila Viosa Portugal (d. 1656)
19 Mar 1629
Alexis of Russia [Alexei Mikhailovich] Romanov noble (Tsar of All Russia 1645-76) born in Moscow Russia (d. 1676) [9 Mar OS]
19 Mar 1715
Charles-Joseph van Helmont South Netherlands organist and composer born in Brussels Austrian Netherlands (d. 1790)
19 Mar 1721
Tobias Smollett Scottish writer surgeon and critic (The Expedition of Humphry Clinker) born in Dalquhurn Scotland (d. 1771) [date baptized]
19 Mar 1749
Princess Louisa Anne of Wales born at Leicester House London (d. 1768)
19 Mar 1910
Sergei Anokhin Soviet test pilot who set world records for gliding flights born in Moscow Russia (d. 1986)
19 Mar 1920
Tige Andrews American character actor (The Mod Squad The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2007)
19 Mar 1928
Clive Van Ryneveld South African cricket all-rounder (1951-58) born in Cape Town Union of South Africa (d. 2018)
19 Mar 1928
Hans Kng Swiss theologian and critic of the Vatican born in Sirsee Switzerland (d. 2021) [1]
19 Mar 1933
Philip Roth American novelist (Goodbye Columbus Portnoys Complaint) born in Newark New Jersey (d. 2018) [1]
19 Mar 1935
Burt Metcalfe Canadian-American television actor (Father of the Bride) screenwriter and producer (MASH) born in Saskatoon Saskatchewan (d. 2022)
19 Mar 1935
Phyllis Newman American Tony Award-winning actress (Subways Are for Sleeping Coming of Age) and singer born in Jersey City New Jersey (d. 2019)
19 Mar 1937
Clarence Frogman Henry American R&B pianist and singer (Aint Got No Home (I Dont Know Why) But I Do) born in New Orleans Louisiana (d. 2024) [1]
19 Mar 1943
James Wynne American physicist and co-inventor of excimer laser surgery at IBM born in Brooklyn New York [1]
19 Mar 1943
Mario Monti Italian economist and politician Prime Minister of Italy (2011-13) born in Varese Italy
19 Mar 1943
Vern Schuppan Australian racing driver who won 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1983 born in Booleroo Centre South Australia
19 Mar 1951
Seasick Steve [Steven Gene Wold] American blues musician (Sonic Soul Surfer) born in Oakland California
19 Mar 1966
Michael Urbano American session and touring drummer (John Hiatt Smash Mouth Ligabue) born in Sacramento California
19 Mar 1971
Nadja Auermann German supermodel born in Berlin Germany
19 Mar 1971
Sbastien Godefroid Belgian sailor (1996 Olympics- Silver) born in Antwerp Belgium
19 Mar 1971
Taase Faumui Samoan-American NFL defensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers 1994-95 Oakland Raiders 1997) born in Western Samoa
19 Mar 1971
Whitney Hedgepeth American swimmer - 100m200m backstroke (2 Olympic silver medals 1996) born in Charlottesville Virgina
19 Mar 1972
Nate Quarry American mixed martial arts fighter (The Ultimate Fighter co-host MMA Uncensored Live) born in Arcata California
19 Mar 1973
John Michels American NFL tackle 1996-99 (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl XXXI Philadelphia Eagles) and radiologist born in La Jolla California
19 Mar 1973
Simmone Jade Mackinnon Australian actress (Baywatch) born in Mount Isa Australia
19 Mar 1974
John Coppinger pitcher (Baltimore Orioles) born in El Paso Texas
19 Mar 1975
Brann Dailor American heavy metal drummer (Mastodon) born in Rochester New York
19 Mar 1975
Matthew Richardson Australian rules football forward (All-Australian 1996 99 2008 Richmond FC Australian Football HOF) and broadcaster (7 Network) born in Devonport Australia
19 Mar 1975
Vivian Hsu Taiwanese pop singer-lyricist (Black Biscuit - Timing) actress (The Knot) and model born in Fengyuan District Taiwan
19 Mar 1976
Rachel Blanchard Canadian actress (Clueless -Cher Horowitz) born in Toronto Ontario
19 Mar 1976
Zach Lind American drummer (Jimmy Eat World - The Middle) born in Mesa Arizona
19 Mar 1434
Ashikaga Yoshikatsu 7th Japanese shgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1441-3) born in Japan (d. 1443)
19 Mar 1488
Johannes Magnus last functioning Catholic Archbishop of Sweden born in Linkping Sweden (d. 1544)
19 Mar 1684
Jean Astruc French physician and scholar who was the first to apply textual analysis to study Genesis born in Sauve France (d. 1766) [1]
19 Mar 1739
Charles-Franois Lebrun French statesman and Third Consul of the French Republic born in Normandy Kingdom of France (d. 1824)
19 Mar 1742
Tpac Amaru II Peruvian-Indian revolutionary a descendant of the last Inca ruler Tpac Amaru born in Surimana Province of Cusco Viceroyalty of Peru (d. 1781)
19 Mar 1817
Lewis Henry Little American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1862)
19 Mar 1837
Robert Daniel Johnston American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Lincoln County North Carolina (d. 1919)
19 Mar 1845
Willem Hendrik de Beaufort Dutch historian politician and chair of the first Hague Peace Conference in 1899 born in Leusden Netherlands (d. 1918) [1]
19 Mar 1865
William Morton Wheeler American entomologist myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University born in Milwaukee Wisconsin (d. 1937)
19 Mar 1885
Attik [Kleon Triantafyllou] Greek composer and lyricist born in Alexandria Egypt (d. 1944)
19 Mar 1892
Siegfried T. Bok Dutch neurobiologist and anatomist known for the equi-volume principle born in Wormer Netherlands (d. 1964)
19 Mar 1893
Jos Mara Velasco Ibarra Ecuadorian politician who served as president 5 times (1934-72) born in Quito Ecuador (d. 1979)
19 Mar 1912
William Frankland British immunologist known as the grandfather of allergy due to his work on the pollen count born in Sussex England (d. 2020)
19 Mar 1914
Leonidas Alaoglu Greek-Canadian mathematician known for his work in functional analysis (BanachAlaoglu theorem) born in Red Deer Alberta (d. 1981)
19 Mar 1915
Robert G. Cole American Paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division who took part in Operation Overlord born in Fort Sam Houston Texas (d. 1944)
19 Mar 1920
Kjell Aukrust Norwegian author illustrator and humorist (Flklypa Flklypa Tidende) born in Alvdal Norway (d. 2002) [1] [2]
19 Mar 1922
Hiroo Onoda Japanese Army soldier who continued fighting WWII through guerrilla warfare in the Philippines until standing down in 1974 memoirist (No Surrender My Thirty-Year War) and cattle rancher born in Kamekawa Empire of Japan (d. 2014)
19 Mar 1929
Tina Onassis Niarchos Greek-French socialite and shipping heiress as the daughter of Stavros Livanos wife of Aristotle Onassis and later Stavros Niarchos born in London (d. 1974)
19 Mar 1933
Leonard A. Lauder American philanthropist and CEO of Este Lauder cosmetics (1982-99) born in Manhattan New York (d. 2025) [1]
19 Mar 1933
Richard Williams Canadian animator (Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Thief and the Cobbler) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2019)
19 Mar 1941
Lord Samuel Vestey British food magnate (Vestey Holdings) and Master of the Horse to the Royal Household (1999-2018) born in England (d. 2021)
19 Mar 1942
Rinus Isral Dutch soccer defender (47 caps Feyenoord PEC Zwolle) and manager (FC Den Bosch Feyenoord PAOK Ghana) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 2025)
19 Mar 1944
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb American child literacy advocate and eldest daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson born in Washington D.C.
19 Mar 1944
Said Musa Prime Minister of Belize (Peoples United Party 1998-2008) born in San Ignacio British Honduras
19 Mar 1946
Donny Gerrard Canadian pop and session singer (Skylark -Wildflower) born in Vancouver British Columbia (d. 2022)
19 Mar 1946
Steve Halliwell British actor (Zak Dingle in Emmerdale) born in Bury England (d. 2023)
19 Mar 1947
John Beckwith English businessman and real estate developer born in England
19 Mar 1947
Leo Gerard Canadian labour activist and international president of United Steelworker (2001-19) born in Creighton Mine Ontario (d. 2025) [1]
19 Mar 1948
David Schnitter American jazz saxophonist (Jazz Messengers 1974-1979 Freddie Hubbard 1979-1981) and educator born in Newark New Jersey
19 Mar 1949
Denny Albee American actor (The Edge of Night One Life to Live) born in Oklahoma City
19 Mar 1949
Valery Leontiev Soviet-Russian pop singer-songwriter (Wicked Way) born in Ust-Usa Russia USSR
19 Mar 1951
Fred Berry American actor (Rerun in Whats Happening and Whats Happening Now) and Baptist minister born in St Louis Missouri (d. 2003)
19 Mar 1953
Lord Blair of Boughton [Ian Blair] British police officer who was Metropolitan police commissioner during the 77 London terror attacks born in Chester England (d. 2025) [1]
19 Mar 1953
Robert Schenkkan American playwright (The Kentucky Cycle All the Way) born in Chapel Hill North Carolina
19 Mar 1954
Indu Shahani Indian educationist Sheriff of Mumbai (2008-09) and Founding President of ATLAS SkillTech University (2021) born in India [1] [2]
19 Mar 1956
Alina Fernndez Revuelta daughter of Fidel Castro and anti-communist activist born in Cuba [1] [2]
19 Mar 1956
Yegor Gaidar Russian economist and politician who launched the shock therapy program after the collapse of the Soviet Union born in Moscow Soviet Russia (d. 2009) [1]
19 Mar 1959
Marcelo Gleiser Brazilian-American theoretical physicist known for co-discovering oscillons born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
19 Mar 1959
Shelley Burch American actress (One Life to Live Identity Crisis) born in Tucson Arizona
19 Mar 1960
Michael Urbano American session and touring drummer (Smash Mouth John Hiatt Linsey Buckingham) born in 5)Sacramento California
19 Mar 1968
Motseoa Senyane Mosotho diplomat and High Commissioner to Canada (2006-09) born in Maseru Lesotho
19 Mar 1971
Nadja Auermann German supermodel (Dolce & Gabbana AW09 Versace AW94) born in Berlin Germany
19 Mar 1973
Simmone Jade Mackinnon Australian actress (Baywatch McLeods Daughters) born in Mount Isa Australia
19 Mar 1976
Andre Miller American NBA point guard ranking 11th all-time in NBA career assists (Cleveland Cavaliers Los Angeles Clippers Philadelphia 76ers) born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1980
Don Sparrow Canadian illustrator (Dateline NBC NUVO Computer Arts) born in Canada [1]
19 Mar 1980
Mikuni Shimokawa Japanese pop singer-songwriter born in Shinhidaka Japan
19 Mar 1983
Ana Rezende Brazilian rock guitarist and keyboard player (CSS) and film director born in So Paulo Brazil
19 Mar 1984
Bianca Balti Italian model (Dolce and Gabbanas Light Blue campaign Victorias Secret Fashion Show 2005) born in Lodi Italy
19 Mar 1984
Tanushree Dutta Indian actress (Aashiq Banaya Aapne) born in Jamshedpur India
19 Mar 1988
Clayton Kershaw American Major League baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers 11x All-Star World Series champion Golden Glove Award) born in Dallas Texas
19 Mar 1990
Tanja Tzarovska Macedonian singer (The Passion of the Christ Troy) and songwriter born in Resen Yugoslavia
19 Mar 1992
Henry & Angus Bernsen twin sons of Corbin Bernsen and Amanda Pays born in Los Angeles California
19 Mar 1993
Munro Chambers Canadian actor (DeGrassi 2010-15) born in Ajax Ontario
19 Mar 1996
Yung Gravy [Matthew Hauri] American rapper (Oops Betty (Get Money)) born in Rochester Minnesota
19 Mar 1997
Nomie Fox Australian slalom canoeist (Olympic gold Kayak cross 2024 2 x World Cship gold) born in Marseille France
19 Mar 2007
Abdullah bin Ali Prince of Jordan born in Amman Jordan
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